Today, 31 May 2021, the assembly of AISCRIS, the Italian Association of Consultancy Firms for Research, Innovation and Development, a member of Confindustria Innovative and Technological Services, accepted the Board’s proposal and elected Tommaso D’Onofrio (Demetra Holding – FMTS group) as President of the Association for the two-year period 2021-2023.

The new president will be supported by the following team:

Gianfranco Dragotti: Dragotti & Associati S.p.a. – Past president

Luca Laurenti: Polimatica S.r.l. – Deputy vice president

Alfonsa Martelli: Innimpresa S.r.l. – Vice president

Carlo Macculi: Qualitek S.r.l. – Councilor

Enrico Rovida: Team S.r.l. – Councilor

Ercole Bonini: Studio Bonini S.r.l. – Councilor

Andrea Montanari: Inprogress – Councilor

Giuseppe Rubino: Integra S.r.l. – Councilor

Ruggero Targhetta: Euris srl – Councilor

The following were confirmed in their role as arbitrators:

Francesco Franci – president

Gustavo Minetti

Paolo Vissani

A brief profile of the new president is attached:

Tommaso D’Onofrio: Degree in Economics. Executive education in Private Equity at the London Business School. Member of the General Council of Confindustria Innovative and Technological Services. Italian member, at the European Commission, of the European Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum (ECSF), he is currently a consultant of the European Commission for the evaluation of Horizon 2020 projects – EIC instrument Phase 1 and 2. He is the author of articles on alternative finance and corporate compliance in national and international journals. He is the author for Guerini Next of “Crowd Investment – crowdfunding for innovative enterprises” Milan 2015 and “Business Innovation Plan – From start-up to successful enterprise” Milan 2018.

On 23 April 2019, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Destinazione Sud Network, in the person of its President Michelangelo Lurgi, and AISCRIS, represented by its President Tommaso D’Onofrio.
The parties have set up a training programme aimed at certifying a new professional figure defined as “Destination Manager”, who is increasingly sought after in the international labour market, and for whom there is still no specific training programme.
The protocol is also aimed at organising seminars, workshops and joint training and information activities.

The European Commission, following the communication on crowdfunding of last March, has announced the composition of the European Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum (ECSF). The ECSF is a consultative body made up of a group of high-level experts, selected on the basis of proposals from the most representative trade associations in their respective national contexts, which will assist the Commission in drawing up policies on crowdfunding.

ISCRIS, the Italian Association of Consulting Companies for Research, Innovation and Development, a member of Confindustria Innovative and Technological Services, has the honour of being the only national trade association representing Italy.

“This is a great result for AISCRIS and for Confindustria in general,” says Carlo Macculi, president of the association, “the European Commission has, in fact, given, in addition to Consob, two associations of Confindustria the honour of representing Italy in the EU on an issue of such importance. Assolombarda, the other member selected, although territorial, is one of the historical cornerstones of the entire confederal system and, therefore, with it we will certainly have the opportunity for discussion and sharing to promote and urge the adoption of best practices at European level”.